Slum-Lines Comments

thanks for the poem and the poet's note. i had to look up POESY to see what it means. so you see i am not a scholarly poet. the poem, read once by me so far, is a bit puzzling. those big words! yikes! ! and some of the small ones also perhaps. and, as i imagine john carter may have already pointed out to you, the fact (i don't know it is a fact, but i am assuming it is) that english is not your first language causes some difficulties for those of us who do have english as our first language (and in my case my only language....except a tiny, tiny bit of spanish i learned 50 years ago) . let me read the poem again. just a moment please. ok, i'm back. i checked definition of poignant as well; i had some idea what it meant though, as happens with many words, there was more than one definition. so now i am getting a much better feel for what the poem means. and if i understand it well enough, i agree with you. the following line especially struck me: Still hard to catch poet's mind and messages / i find that true more often than i would like to (find it) . and this line also: Leads to poet`s condemnation, i don't think it is your english which is weak so much as it is my english that is weak! thanks for sharing. bri p.s. well, i would think you should not have the word.....a.... in the second line.

Dear Blessed Bard, True to the core, poesy at her basic nature is like a school boy unwilling to school; as the bard upon Avon versed in 'As You Like it'. She likes, blesses, loves to remain intact in a few selected souls, and Thou art one of the very rare blest. Keep exploring, experimenting and promoting her at your best for ever more, as you are one destined to do so. God bless.

v true poetry is not everybodys cup of tea..........excellent write

this is a good one,10 from me

Poetry is, really, not everyone's cup of tea, and being a student of poetry, i must say that there are two things to be noted,1stly, that poetry is a revealed and intuitive art, and 2ndly, if one works hard to know and practice all tools like rhyming, rhythm, prosody, scansion, and figures...but then there's a difference between a poet, and a practitioner of poems, that's why all the teachers of poetry are not poets...your poem is deep, and i must agree with all here esp.Kevin Patrick.regards.

A great commentery on the modern attitude of poetry, it seems that our socially aware media, has no time for art or culture and looks down on anything which diverges from true beuty as being a fallacy of indulgence. Poetry reveals truth in language normal syntex cannot. This was a fine edition to the medium.

These slum limes have too much to convey and learn. they are the excellent expression of truth and sense. love it

i really can't wait for the sequel.. this piece was brilliant bravo sir

I also think so Gulsher but it has become very difficult to maintain these ideas and ideals. I will write 100 poem in a clumsy manner and then I will start in a new way. Provided, if life proves to be loyal. Loved it.

A slum line where I live is somewhere near camden yet not far from Philly. Sorry I so not understand.

I really enjoyed this excellent write with great rhythm and flow!

Evokes so much through rhythm and language.

nice one penned by you and especially..... 'All these variety of science and arts Cause poignant anxiety to mind and heart. ' VOW! liked it! :)

wow.. a great poem.. well said...

A sum of Slum lines, you explained it_Soul